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3061906 - Error in Purchase Order: No valid communication arrangement found

Symptom

The error "No valid Communication Arrangement found for company X and Partner Y" is preventing the B2B Purchase Order from being processed. (X refers to a company and Partner Y refers to a supplier).

Environment

 SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Purchase Requests and Orders work center.
  2. Select Purchase Orders view.
  3. Search for the relevant document and open it.
  4. Click on Check button.
  5. Document looks consistent.
  6. Click on Order or Save button.

See the error: No valid Communication Arrangement found for company X and Partner Y.

Cause

In the Supplier Master Data collaboration tab the Output Channel is External System instead of XML (Internal EDX).

Resolution

To enable B2B communication, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Supplier Base work center.
  2. Select Supplier view.
  3. Search for the relevant Supplier and open it.
  4. Navigate to the Communication tab.
  5. Select the Collaboration sub-tab.
  6. Select Business Document Settings.
  7. Choose the Purchase Order row.

Under Output Channel Settings, set the output channel to XML (Internal EDX).

See Also

Keywords

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Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions